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Record #16713
Name :
: Charles Thomas MINTRAM (1893 - 1986)


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Date of Birth
: 6 May 1893

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: Jan 1986
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Hampshire, Southampton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Sussex, Brighton
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 Mar 1903
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Canada

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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesParents: William Mintram and Eliza May Rose Veal, married 1886 in Hampshire, England.

William Mintram was born and lived in Southampton until in 1886 he married. By 1902 they had five children and he had gainful employment as a fireman (ie a stoker) with a shipping company, While home on leave one day he stabbed her in the back whereupon she died. He claimed it was an accident.

Article from The Times
Monday November 24, 1902 said he was tried for the wilful murder of his wife at Southampton on October 18, 1902.

The prisoner and his wife did not live happily. At 10:30pm on that day William came home and found his supper prepared for him, the only other person present being his son, William, who gave evidence that the wife Eliza May Rose was sitting in a chair when William came in and slapped her in the face. After a short interval William got up and took a knife and stabbed Eliza in the back, resulting in death. The Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and the judge sentenced him to 12 years penal servitude. The judge in this case was Mr Justice Bigham, who later presided over the Titanic enquiry as Lord Mersey, President of the Wreck Commisioner's Court.

Another newspaper reported that a police officer had called at the house half an hour earlier to break up a quarrel between the two as a large crowd had gathered outside the house.

Mintram claimed that the quarrel was over the fact that his wife had pawned his son?s boots to buy drink for herself, and that he had had a bit to drink too when he came home, when she slapped him across the face he stabbed her in the back with a knife, accidentally.

Mintram was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to twelve years penal servitude for manslaughter but served only three.

In 1903, Charles Mintram, 10, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 57 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

His father's fate went to become part of history. By 1912 William Mintram was living next door to his eldest daughter who had by then married Walter Hurst, another stoker with the White Star Line. When the Titanic left Southampton, both men were signed up for coal shoveling duties along with Walter's father, who it is said entered the two mens cabin on the fatal evening and threw a lump of ice at the two stokers to wake them up.

As the ship sank, one of the three were able to find either a lifejacket or a lifeboat but when William eventually found just the one lifejacket, he gave it to his son-in-law Walter. They both entered the water five minutes before the ship finally disappeared, finding the collapsible lifeboat B upturned in the water they clung hold.

Only Walter in his lifejacket was finally picked up alive, the body of William Mintram was never found.

On September 22, 1914, at Valcartier, Quebec, Canada, Charles Mintram, 21, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Southampton, England; that his next of kin was his brother, W. Mintram, who resided at Churchlodge, Sussex, England; that his date of birth was May 6, 1893; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 4 inches in height; fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair. He was a member of the Church of England. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-15 00:10:34 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-09-15 15:27:55 /

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3033 ABBOTT, Frederick1893ENG, SRY, Kingston Upon Thames Mar 1903 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
3165 ADAM, Charles1899ENG,     Mar 1913 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
23725 ADAMS, Lilian1887ENG,     Nov 1905 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
22768 ADAMSON, Jeanie1891ENG,     Sep 1905 : Canada CAN Louisa Birt  
17047 ADCOCK, William1892ENG, NTT, Rolleston Oct 1907 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
9832 ADKINS, Proctor Selby1894ENG,     Mar 1910 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
6798 AINSLIE, Daisy Ann1890ENG, HAM, Portsmouth Oct 1905 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
26133 ALDRIDGE, B1895ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
26134 ALDRIDGE, H1894ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
26031 ALEXANDER, Henry1894ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
26030 ALEXANDER, T1895ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
26007 ALLAN, M1886ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
13096 ALLEN, Ernest John1894WAL, GLA, Pontypridd Aug 1909 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
2735 ALLEN, Harry Edward1898ENG, LAN Jul 1908 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
9112 ALLISON, John Henry1897ENG, KEN, Sidcup Mar 1910 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home soutsc  
11504 ALLPORT, William Thomas1907ENG,    , Shrewsbury May 1923 : Canada  Waifs & Strays ynaught  
22783 ANDERSON, Francis L1909ENG,     Jun 1923 : Canada CAN Waifs & Strays  
17075 ANDRES, J.1893ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
13834 ANTWIS, Robert Luchesi 1891WAL, PEM, Haverfordwest Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
9233 ANTWIS, Sidney Walter John1893WAL, PEM, Pembroke Dock Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
8614 ARGENT, Joseph1892ENG, YKS, Sheffield Mar 1909 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home Lyn 8  
26029 ASHBY, W E1893ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
23814 ASHDOWN, W1887ENG,     Oct 1905 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
9732 ASHMORE, Amelia1895ENG,     Oct 1905 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
23821 ASHMORE, Mary E1897ENG,     Oct 1905 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
23836 ATKINS, Alice M1897ENG,     Oct 1905 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
16734 ATKINSON, Robert 1889ENG, WES, Kendal Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
5501 BABB, Frederick 1896ENG, SOM, Axbridge Oct 1905 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
26109 BAKER, A G1887ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
26183 BAKER, Albert1892ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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